| Rushing to Eat | | | | any fast food restaurant. They aren't designed |
| People's lives have become so busy and rushing | | | | for those trying or needing to watch what they |
| around, that we no longer eat the way we should. | | | | put in their mouth. But you can make better |
| In some places, there is a McDonald's on every | | | | decisions. Don't' eat the bread if you can stand |
| major corner, if not some other fast food | | | | not too. It's along the lines of the South Beach |
| restaurant. Watching TV, you see a commercial | | | | Diet but that's where lots of your weight gaining |
| for some kind of food place almost every time | | | | properties are. Don't get anything fried, this |
| commercials are on, urging you to eat there | | | | includes French fries, onion rings, or even fried |
| because it's good and you can get it fast and | | | | chicken. Get a diet pop, tea, or water. Avoid the |
| cheap. With so many distractions and obligations, | | | | desert and the salad, both have sugar in them |
| families have these days, how do you eat healthy | | | | and I don't just mean in the toppings. Watch |
| in a fast food world? It's not an easy thing to do | | | | "Super Size Me" for a real eye opener. The show |
| but is possible with planning and knowing what to | | | | is on McDonald's but you can bet that all fast food |
| look for. This isn't to say fast food can't be | | | | restaurants are basically the same. Limit how |
| consumed occasionally, but it should be less often | | | | often you eat fast food to once per week, if |
| than people are doing it now. Not to mention that | | | | that fast. Get a wrap at Subway instead of a |
| our food is so processed that it takes five | | | | toasted sub. Less bread and just as filling with all |
| minutes to cook and has high carbohydrates | | | | the fixings you want. When you get pizza, get |
| among other things that are not digested quickly. | | | | vegetables on it so you aren't just eating bread, |
| This is leading to obesity in the population. | | | | sauce, cheese, and pepperoni. Remember just |
| The Truth About Whole Grain | | | | how bad fast food is for you, your waistline, and |
| Because food is so processed these days to | | | | your cholesterol. Even if you are fifteen, you |
| make it faster to cook, as well as more | | | | should be thinking about how it will affect you |
| convenient for the way our lives have become, it | | | | later in life. Starting early will make it easier on |
| is actually not as good for you as it once was. | | | | your body as you age. |
| Recently the food administration even changed | | | | Eating at Home |
| the food pyramid to coincide with how we eat | | | | The best thing to do is find a way to cook meals |
| these days and food is made. They are | | | | most nights of the week. This can take planning |
| suggesting more whole grains than ever before, | | | | and team work. Have at least one non-meat dish |
| as well as vegetables. This may sound like what | | | | every week. It doesn't have to be fish or |
| has been told to children for years, but even | | | | seafood either. Don't use fast cooking rich to go |
| whole grains are deceiving on packaging these | | | | with your meals. Those are again loaded with |
| days. With all the new diets out there for low | | | | carbohydrates, which take your body longer to |
| carb, no carb, low fat, no fat, etc., foods are | | | | break down and will make you hungry sooner |
| coming out that say whole grain but are just as | | | | than you should be. Plan weekly meals so that |
| processed as its white counterpart. They are | | | | you can cook casseroles and other easy to |
| made with enriched wheat. This process takes | | | | reheat dishes early in the week for days you will |
| out all the nutrients and other things that take | | | | not have time to cook. Utilize your crock-pot and |
| time to digest for a healthy life. Reading the | | | | get a recipe book for it. You can make just about |
| ingredient is a good way to find the real whole | | | | anything in a crock pot these days and have a |
| grain product. They are now more expensive | | | | good meal when you get home. Have salad a few |
| than the over processed product because | | | | times a week with dinner, but watch how much |
| manufacturers could make the enriched version | | | | dressing you put on it. Have desert, but make it |
| cheaper and faster. To eat healthy you have to | | | | Jell-O. Indulge once in a while to though and it |
| read the labels of everything you consume. | | | | won't feel like you are depriving yourself of |
| Healthy Choices at Fast Food Eateries | | | | anything. |
| The truth is that you really can't eat healthy at | | | | |